Auxiliary vehicle top



March 11 1924.

T. G. FERNO AUXILIARY VEHICLE TOP 3.922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 6 r 3mm Hot T ("Ira/9o,

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W (lite amt Patented Mar. 11, 1924.

UNITED STATES ntnonoan e. rnnno,

OF DINES, WYOMING.

'AUxILmnY VEHICLE nor. a

. Application filed. June 8,

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

e it known that I, THEODORE G. FERNO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dines, in the county of Sweetwater and State of Wyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Auxiliary Vehicle Top, of which the following is a s cification.

e present invention relates to an auxilia vehicle top especially useful for automobiles and the like and has for its princi pal object to provide a top of this nature which is provided with means for supporfl in curtains in such 'a manner that the si G'CIH'lIElJlS may readily be placed in use or held out of use as may be desired.

Another important object of the invention is to rovide anauxiliary to of this nature which will be simple and e cient in construction, reliable in operation, comparatively inexpensive'to manufacture, and well. adapted to the purpose for which it is designed:

With the above and numerous other imsortantobjectsin view as will appear as the escription progresses, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Fi re 1 is a bottom plan of a vehicle top emb yin my invention, I

Figure is a transverse vertical section therethrough,

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section therethrough showing the curtain and operating'mechanism therefor in end elevation, and

Figure t is a fragmentary perspective of one f the curtains.

Re 'erring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that 1 designates the main to which is supported on standards 2 \vhici may be suitably attached to a-vehicle. The auxiliary top 3 is in the form of a casing open at its bottom and formed in three horizon tally extending compartments namely the two side compartments and the central compartmentfi. A drawer of suitable construction 6 is slidably mounted in the compartment 5 and is ad ted to ride on the runners 7 which exten longitudinally of the main top 1. A pair t t curtain brackets 8 are fixed in each of the side compartments 4 so as to rotatably support the curtain 1922. Serial No. 586,323.

roller 9 which has its reduced end 10 journailed in these brackets. A curtain 11 is fixed at one end ii any suitable manner to the roller 9 and on its other end has fixed thereto a rod 12 which is provided with a plurality of a er res 13. This curtain 11 is rovided with t e foldable side flaps 14 which are adapted te be brou ht about the ends of the vehicle and attac ed to corre-- sponding side flaps on the other curtain.

As is shown to advantage in Figure 3 a ratchet wheel 15 is keyed to one end of each of the rollers 9 and is rotated by a crank 16 so that the a tain may be wound about the roller 9. A pg 17 pivoted on one of the brackets 8 isengageable with the ratchet wheel 15 so as to prevent the binding of the curtain, When the curtain is almost completely wound about its roller 9 the rod 12 is positioned so that its apertures 13 receive the pins 18 which extend from the edge of the compartments 4. The curtain ma then be tightly wound about the roller an the dog will engage a proper tooth on the ratchet wheel 15 so as to prevent the unwinding thereof and thus the various parts of the mechanism may be held rigid so as to prevent an rattling or the like.

It is thong t that the operation and construct ion of the invention will now be readily understood without a more extended ex.- p anation. It is desired, however, to point out that the present showing of the invention has merely been disclosed by way of example and that numerous changes in construction, and in the comb nation and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirjt of the invention as hereinafter claimed,

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is 1. In combination, a vehicle top including a main top and an auxiliary top mounted thereon and spaced there above, partitions supporting t e auxiliary top above the main top for forming compartments, vehicle side curtains, and rollers in said compartments 'and mounted on said-partitions for supporting said side compartments.

2. In combination, a vehicle top including a main top curved downwardly adjacent it! longitudinal side edges, 9. pair of partitions rising from the main top one on each side of its longitudinal center, an auxiliary top supported by said partition above the main top and'being curveddownwardly adjacent its longitudinal side edges so as to form side In testimon whereof I efix my signature ;;LHS whergbydcom Ertmeints 3m formed in presence 0 two witnesses.

tween sai si e wa an sai partitions, rollers in said compartments, brackets on THEODORE FERNO' 5 said partitions for supporting said rollers Witnesses:

and vehicle side curtains supported on said O. M. Bnowx, rollers. J. W. Poerwwiirm. 

